diff --git a/content/pages/research/bicycle-steer-control-augmentation.rst b/content/pages/research/bicycle-steer-control-augmentation.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1893442b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/pages/research/bicycle-steer-control-augmentation.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +===================================== +Bicycle Steering Control Augmentation +===================================== + +:status: hidden +:date: 2022-05-14 +:collaborators: Laura Marchal-Crespo, Riender Happee +:current_researchers: Simonas Draukšas, Leila Alizadehsaravi +:past_researchers: Marco Reijne, Georgios Dialynas, Dick Nieuwenhuizen, Nick Appelman +:research_theme: Bicycle Engineering +:template: project +:summary-sentence: Steering a bicycle, or similar single track vehicles, is a + complex motor control task. Human riders, in general, are + able to balance and control a bicycle but there are + scenarios where the rider fails to control the vehicle in a + desired way. This line of research is focused on the + possible improvements to balance and control of a bicycle by + providing robotic steer control augmentation. +:summary-image: https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/mechmotum/handling-metric.png +:slug: research/bicycle-steer-control-augmentation + +Steering is the primary and most effective control input for balancing and +directing a bicycle along the desired path. It is possible to introduce +acutators that manipulate the steering in conjunction with the rider. The +acuators' behavior can be driven by sensor measurements. We are interested in +augmenting the rider's steering behavior when the rider's own actions are +deficient for the event at hand. For example, if the rider steers the bicycle +such that it looses traction and the rider will likely fall an acutator can +take over an attempt to prevent the fall. Motor control placed into or +alongside the human-vehicle control loop can also alter the dynamics of the +vehicle to make it easier to control. This is standard practive in aircraft.